Synonyms of farming

farming 1 of 3

noun

ˈfär-miŋ 

as in agriculture

the science or occupation of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock

since an ancestor settled there in the 19th century, farming has been the only occupation for six generations of the family

Synonyms & Similar Words

• agriculture
• cultivation
• gardening
• horticulture
• husbandry
• agribusiness
• culture
• tillage
• farmwork
• agronomy
• aquaculture
• pastoralism
• agroforestry
• agroecology
• monoculture
• animal husbandry
• pomology
• hydroponics
• arboriculture
• mixed farming
• sharecropping

farming

2 of 3

adjective

as in agricultural

engaged in or concerned with agriculture

years of drought had a devastating impact on the region's farming communities

Synonyms & Similar Words

• agricultural
• agrarian
• agronomic
• rural
• arable
• monocultural
• bucolic
• aquacultural
• pastoral
• country
• pastoralist
• garden
• georgic
• arboricultural
• rustic
• villatic

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• urban
• industrial
• metropolitan
• nonagricultural
• industrialized
• metro

farming

3 of 3

verb

present participle of farm

as in cultivating

to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on

we're planning on farming 50 acres the first year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cultivating
• harvesting
• planting
• tending
• tilling
• cropping
• reaping
• hoeing
• sharecropping
• harrowing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of farming

Noun

Bolsonaro has called for easing environmental rules and allowing farming or mining on Indigenous lands, raising concern that forest loss could increase even if current restrictions remain technically intact. — Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Prior to her shift to farming, Molly Chester worked as a private chef in Los Angeles and was dedicated to techniques aiding digestion. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026

Adjective

Connecticut has also seen a boom in backyard growers popping up in suburban neighborhoods with micro-farming businesses becoming more popular. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026

Some of those people may be professional myrmecologists (scientists who specialize in the study of ants) and fourmiculture (ant-farming) enthusiasts. — IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2026

Verb

His father eventually got a loan to start his own farm in Yolo County, and the Yeungs haven’t stopped farming since. — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026

As more and more produce for American markets has been grown overseas in recent decades, the US government has largely outsourced safety oversight to the companies farming and selling it. — Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026